Yarn-hanking machine



(No Model.)

J. P. MoAPEE.

YARN HANKING MACHINE.

Patented Feb. 6, 1883.

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UNITED, STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. McAEEE, on PLEASANT HILL, MISSOURI.

YARN-HANKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,889, dated February 6, 1883.

Application filed May 16,- 1es2. (no model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. MGAEEE, of Pleasant Hill, in the county ofOass and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Yarn-Hankin g Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My improvements relate to machines for forming woolen and cotton yarns into hanks, and have the object to facilitate the work and give to the banks a better shape and appear ance.

The invention consists in the combination of the mechanism hereinafter described and claimed, and in which the hook that receives the bank of yarn is fitted for throwing the mechanism in and out of gear.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved banking-machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section A is a'suitable frame, carrying the mechanism, which frame is to be fastened to a post or a table in any convenient position for connection with power.

a is a shaft fitted for endwise movement in its bearings, and provided at one end with a clutch-face, b, and carrying a gear-wheel, e.

I c is a hollow shaft upon the shaft a, carrying a fast pulley, d, and provided at its outer end witha c1utch-face,f, next to the clutch face I). This shaft 0 is to be driven continuously by a band from the pulley d to a pulley on the line-shaft. I

g is a shaft fitted upon the frame parallel to the shaft a, provided with a pinion, h, for engagement with the gear-wheel e, and fitted at its outer end with the hook ifor receiving the hank of yarn. Theother end of the shaft 9 connects to the lever k, which is hung at the side of the frame. This lever also engages or passes between collars upon the clutch-shaft a, and to the opposite end of this lever k is connecteda spring, Z, which tends to draw the lever in the direction for'disengaging the clutch bf, and for releasing the pinion h from the gear-wheel e. r

In operation, the hank of yarn is placed upon the hook z, and then by pulling the hank gently it moves the shaft 9 endwise, thus engaging the pinion h with the gear-wheel, and moving the shaft a backward, so that the clutch-faces b j en gage. six, eight, or more times, as may be required, and gives the required twist to the hank of yarn. I In order to stop the hook in an upright position convenient for taking ofi and folding the hank, the gear-wheel e is provided with a This causes the hook to revolve.

lug or projection, m, in position for entering I into a notched piece, a, that is fastened on the frame, so that when the pull on the hank is released and the shaft a drawn-back by the spring this projection m will enter the notch of the piece it andarrest the movement of the gear-wheel at the required place by leaving the hook upright.

The small amount of tension required upon the hank in order to throw the machine into gear acts. to straighten the yarn and togive'to the hanks a better shape.

The machine is durable in construction, and

there is nothing about it liable to get out of The work is also done rapidly, with a shaft g, provided with the hook t, lever is, con-' nected to the shaft 9 and to the shaft a, and

the gear-wheels a It, all substantially as described, combined for operation as set forth.

2. In yarn-banking machines, the combination, with the shaft a, of the shaft g, provided with hook i, and fitted for endwise movement in the bearings, the lever it, connected to the shafts g and a, the driving-shaft c, and the clutch-faces I) f, fitted for engagement by endwise movement of the shaft a, substantially as described, combined for operationas set forth. a

JOHN FRANKLIN MCAFEE.-

Witnesses: I W. J. MARTIN,

J noon LOBACK. 

